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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Summer shows and events
So, the return of the Royal Welsh Show is, of course, very welcome, and I'm pleased that the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd has recently approved funding to the value of £110,000 to the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society for the…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Summer shows and events
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank the Welsh Conservatives and Samuel Kurtz for tabling this debate today? It was a very good, feel-good end-of-term debate, and it was lovely to hear it. And it's very timely, given that we've actually launched…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, can I thank Tom for those points, which are hugely important, and can I also add our best wishes to team Wales in Birmingham next month—or this month, actually; at the end of this month? I've had the huge pleasure of being involved in the kit…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, most of the funding for esports is through Creative Wales and that does continue. I'm also aware that we have a number of colleges, for instance, that develop esports games. I've got one in my own constituency. I actually sat down and played one…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Esports? Okay.
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, thank you for that question, Tom. And can I, first of all, just welcome the event of WWE coming here later this year? It's a huge event and it will be a massive boost to our economy. But you make a very good point, don't you, about the difference…
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Short Debate: Our Cymru: Creating a leading football nation
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I thank Jack Sargeant for introducing this afternoon's short debate on a topic that I know Jack and many others know is very close to my heart too? Although it's been a few weeks since the world cup play-off final against Ukraine…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 2023 Eurovision Song Contest
Diolch, Llywydd. Can I thank the Welsh Conservatives for bringing forward this debate? What I would start by saying is that we have a full range of cultural, sporting and business events that are a vital part of the visitor economy. By supporting events…
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Diolch yn fawr.
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Thanks for that. There's no one single answer to that, is there, because what may remove a barrier for one person, may not remove a barrier for somebody else. So, there are all sorts of barriers: there are financial barriers, there are physical barriers…
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
I think that that's a really good point, actually, Altaf. One of the things that we know, don't we, again—that thing about qualification for the world cup is going to be mentioned again—is how unifying sport can be. It can also be very divisive, I have to…
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Yes. Happy for that to happen, Chair, yes.
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
No, no, no, absolutely not.
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
We scrap league tables—[Inaudible.]
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
I think we probably need to know what we want the data to be used for. But I'll ask Steff to say a little bit more about that, because we are doing some work around that already, aren't we, with the school survey and so on; that's all part of that process. Do…
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Yes, absolutely.
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Yes. When any facility is being developed, there's a whole host of things that need to be taken into account, because what you don't want to do is to place a state-of-the-art facility in the middle of an area that nobody can get to for a whole host of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
In terms of planning—
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
You mentioned the access to free swimming; swimming is hugely important, and it's quite a worrying figure that 52 per cent at key stage 2 can't swim. I remember taking my children to swimming lessons at three years old, because I just thought that was such an…
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Of course.
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
The delivery of the curriculum is the responsibility of the Minister for education, but within that—we've already talked about some of the things that we're doing collaboratively in education—there is a sport and activity aspect of the curriculum. So, we will…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
There's a lot in there, Carolyn, but I think all very valuable points, and actually it's a theme that's come through this inquiry, which I think is really, really helpful, which is about how do we work across departments, collaboratively, to deliver all these…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
In terms of the governing bodies, they will be very clear about what our programme for government objectives are. It couldn't be any clearer. It is about access. It's about equality. It's about inclusion. It's about diversity. And so, everything that they do…
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
You haven't heard about his signing, have you?
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Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
That is very much the direction of travel. I can give that guarantee to you. I assume, Chair, that the committee has seen the remit letter that I issued to Sport Wales. That does set out all of those things to them very clearly. Obviously, the Welsh…
